Things that ur happy about

[bunique]

Husband being offered a new job today having been made redundant at the end of January. Phew!

[Spindles]

I've had this week off work, been doing some home improvements.  Today I was sorting through old boxes of stored stuff to go to the tip and came across a Glastonbury 2000 T-shirt that has been lost for over a decade, still in mint condition.  Really chuffed to add that back into my wardrobe.

[The Nal]

Its spring!

 

[kaosmark2]

There is definitely a serious hardware problem with my PC. It crashed on Saturday and I haven't got it working since, but it crashed again today while I was doing at fresh format - reinstall of windows, and now it won't even boot to the bios menu.

It is however, still turning on to some degree. Hopefully it's something cheap like the power supply or fans but I suspect my ssd or maybe even my motherboard.

Well it was the motherboard, but it's one RAM port, and I think I can survive fine on 12GB of RAM  

[eFestivals]

it's friday

[Room to sway]

I booked a flight to Ireland! For St Patrick's day!

[The Nal]

13 minutes ago, Room to sway said:

I booked a flight to Ireland! For St Patrick's day!

Good on you. Where are you off to?

[Room to sway]

1 hour ago, The Nal said:

Good on you. Where are you off to?

Cheers! I'll be in Dublin. Staying at a friend's (in Raheny I think?) until the Sunday.

Really looking forward to it. I've been before but that was Christmas (18 years ago :|) so I'm curious what Dublin's like on St. Patrick's day...

[The Nal]

7 minutes ago, Room to sway said:

Cheers! I'll be in Dublin. Staying at a friend's (in Raheny I think?) until the Sunday.

Really looking forward to it. I've been before but that was Christmas (18 years ago :|) so I'm curious what Dublin's like on St. Patrick's day...

Its a mess! 

Some good stuff going on in Dublin at the moment. The 1916 stuff. Maybe have a look at that. 

[The Nal]

4 minutes ago, Scruffylovemonster said:

I dunno, you box up a few snakes and everyone goes fucking mad for you for centuries.

Apart from a lot of Irish people. Its not a day I celebrate particularly. Apart from having the day off work. 

[eFestivals]

Just now, Scruffylovemonster said:

I'd qualify to play football for Ireland (although, who wouldn't, I suppose).

Me.

 

[eFestivals]

9 minutes ago, Scruffylovemonster said:

I'm sure Jakie C would have found a way. "You ever eaten White Pudding or drunk a Guiness? Yeah, you'll do."

To quote Mick McCarthy, "Ar am an undred per cent aarish!"

I once had a full irish breakfast with white pudding in a pub in Ireland ... on the one and only day I've spent in that country. Does that count?

 

[The Nal]

13 minutes ago, Scruffylovemonster said:

(My experience in Co Tipp though - everyone went mental for it - but they are a bit backwards round there )

They go on the piss if they hear a car alarm down there. 

[eFestivals]

1 minute ago, Scruffylovemonster said:

Only cos it means one of their friends has just upgraded from his 'oss and cart.

I thought it was cos they'd not yet got electric to power a radio...?

[The Nal]

We're in post election mode here at the moment. Here are the recently elected Healy-Rae brothers from Kerry arriving to the Dail (parliament) yesterday.

 

[eFestivals]

12 minutes ago, The Nal said:

We're in post election mode here at the moment. Here are the recently elected Healy-Rae brothers from Kerry arriving to the Dail (parliament) yesterday.

 

I take it that the Father Ted island is now deserted...?

 

[The Nal]

2 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

I take it that the Father Ted island is now deserted...?

 

Pretty much. Father Ted didn't exaggerate a whole lot at times.

[philipsteak]

Are they the fellas whose main (only?) policy is the relaxing of the drink drive laws? 

[The Nal]

11 minutes ago, philipsteak said:

Are they the fellas whose main (only?) policy is the relaxing of the drink drive laws? 

Thats one of them yeah. Kerry is quite far removed so its all local politics really. Standard stuff, health, roads, farming, closing night clubs earlier, no to gay marriage, go to mass etc.

[The Nal]

39 minutes ago, Barry Fish said:

No one parodies the irish better than the irish themselves

Nah the Americans do it fairly well. Leprechauns, "Sláinte", "Top O' the Mornin' to Ya" etc. 

But yeah, we don't help ourselves with some of the Paddywhackery about. 

[eFestivals]

1 minute ago, The Nal said:

But yeah, we don't help ourselves with some of the Paddywhackery about. 

I don't think Boris has any Irish heritage...?

 

[LondonTom]

On 3/11/2016 at 11:27 AM, Scruffylovemonster said:

Saw some guinness flags other day advertising "St Patrick's weekend." The marketing behind all that really fucks me off. It's clever, and they're on to a winner, but why the fuck are people stupid enough to fall for it. 10 years ago it was hardly celebrated over here - and now there's a full weekend (wouldn't be as bad if 17th was a Fri or Sat but it's a feckin' Thursday). 

Paddy's day in Ireland is ace. Over here, I refuse to participate. Don't like Guinness. Am not in Ireland. Feck off! And I'd qualify to play football for Ireland (although, who wouldn't, I suppose).

As bad as the yanks forcing Black Friday onto us, you lot are!

Ha! 

I used to love it at Uni, as it was basically an excuse for an all day and night drinking session. I think it was about the only time you had students actively coming in for 9am lectures so they could their drink on early

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

They had the St Patricks Day parade here in Birmingham today. I managed to miss it for the nth year again - far too much plastic paddywhackery for the mind to be able to comprehend.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

19 minutes ago, Barry Fish said:

Your mates pockets must be relieved  

Not half as relieved as I am by not going. I leave that kind of things to simpletons such as yourself. I mean, you get to choose from anywhere on the planet and you choose Butlins and Disneyworld. LMFAO

[LondonTom]

2 minutes ago, Barry Fish said:

Yeah because five year olds just love a City break to ##insert random city## 

And its Disneyland, simpleton

Disneyland Paris if you want to be pedantic, as Disneyland on its own normally refers to Anaheim =p